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weighing 125 lbs. Found on Cromford Moor, in Derbyshire. Pre¬ 
sented, in 1797, by A. Woolley and P. Nightingale , Esqs. 
A pig of lead, inscribed with the name of L. Aruconius Verecundus, 
and the letters metal lvtvd, probably the mine of Lutudce. Found 
near Matlock Bank, in Derbyshire. Presented by A. Woolley and 
P. Nightingale, Esqs. 
A pig of lead, inscribed cl . tr . lvt . br . ex . arg, found with 
three other pigs, and some broken Roman pottery, at Broomer’s 
Hill, in the parish of Pulborough, Sussex, January 31, 1824, close to 
the Roman road, Stone Street, from London to Chichester. For a 
pig of lead with a similar inscription, found on Matlock Moor, Derby¬ 
shire, see Archaeologia, ix. p. 45. Presented by the Earl of Egremont , 
July 10, 1824. 
A pig of lead, inscribed M . p . roscieis . M . F . maic. Found 
at Carthagena in Spain. Presented by Viscount Palmerston, 1849. 
An altar with a Greek inscription, dedicated by Diodora, a high 
priestess to the Tyrian Hercules; on one side is a bull’s head, on 
the other a sacrificing knife, and crown. Found at Corbridge, 
Northumberland. Presented by the Duke of Northumberland , in 
1774. 
NIMROUD ROOM. 
The Sculptures contained in this Room w T ere procured by Mr. 
Layard, in Mesopotamia, chiefly from ruins now called Nimroud, a 
few miles below Mosul, on the Tigris, during the years 1846 and 1847. 
The nation is indebted to the private munificence of Sir Stratford 
Canning for the first assistance which was offered to Mr. Layard in the 
prosecution of his interesting researches. 
The sculptures in the following catalogue are described as they are 
at present placed in the Room. Numbers will be attached to them, 
and fuller descriptions given, wdien other large additions to the collec¬ 
tions w 7 hich are expected shall have arrived. 
On entering the Room, 
In the First Compartment to the Left are— 
1. A slab containing two figures standing, between whom is the 
sacred tree. The figures are draped to the feet, and w r ear a horned 
cap; the right hand of each is raised and extended towards the tree, 
the left holds a chaplet. 
2. A slab containing two figures of Nisroch (?); the right hand raised, 
holding a fir cone, the left holding a square vessel or basket, between 
them the sacred tree. 
3. A slab on which is the same tree, between two kneeling figures. 
4. A slab containing a procession of five figures approaching the 
king, who stands facing them ; one of the figures has his hands crossed 
in the usual Oriental attitude of attention—two others are playing upon 
musical instruments. Behind the king is an eunuch, with the 
umbrella, and three w 7 arriors of his guard; at his feet is a bull. 
5. In the Centre of the Compartment , is a seated figure from 
